Mike Selig
@ChairmanSelig
Serving President Donald J. Trump as the 16th Chairman of the @CFTC
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The new frontier of finance isn't on the horizon. It's here.
As our markets evolve at warp speed, the @CFTC is upgrading its rules and regulations to prepare for the era of onchain systems, mass tokenization, 24/7 trading, and agentic finance.
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Regulatory clarity drives sound markets. Pleased to see staff provide guidance on the potential risks and unique considerations associated with the listing of mention markets on @CFTC regulated exchanges and remind DCMs of their obligation to list only contracts not readily susceptible to manipulation.
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This final rule will help our Whistleblower Office to promptly and transparently process whistleblower claims, representing an important step in further harmonizing the @CFTC and @SECGov.
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This @CFTC seal, recovered from the ruins of the Twin Towers following the September 11th attacks, hangs with honor in our New York office as a solemn reminder of the lives lost 25 years ago. Today we remember their lives, the courage of our first responders, and the unity and resolve of our nation in the days that followed.
Let us never forget.
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American agriculture is the backbone of this country, and it has been at the heart of the CFTC’s mission from the very beginning.
I look forward to the return of AgCon next month and the opportunity to hear from agricultural leaders about how the @CFTC can support the industry and the millions of Americans who depend on it.
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.@ChairmanSelig and Kansas State University Announce Agenda for October 22-23 AgCon Conference in Overland Park:
Save the date: AgCon is back.
Agriculture is the backbone of America’s economy and has been at the heart of the @CFTC’s mission from our very beginning.
Alongside @KState on October 22-23, 2026, in Overland Park, Kansas, AgCon will bring together agribusinesses from across the country. We’re there to listen and learn so we can keep our markets working for our hardworking farmers, ranchers, and producers.
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Thank you @POTUS for hosting some of America's top leaders in innovation at the @WhiteHouse last month. Under your leadership, we're ensuring that the new frontier of finance is built on American soil.
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One week ago, the @CFTC convened the Inaugural Innovation Advisory Committee Meeting, bringing together leaders across finance for critical conversations on the technologies, policies, and decisions that will shape the new frontier of finance.
These discussions laid the groundwork for a path forward to advance innovation, strengthen America’s financial markets, and ensure the US leads in building the future of finance.
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Yesterday, @ChairmanSelig convened the inaugural Innovation Advisory Committee Meeting, bringing together American innovators, entrepreneurs, thinkers, and builders to advise the Commission on complex issues at the interception of technology, law, policy, and finance.
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Closing out this American innovation week with the creativity of innovating a Freedom250 Grand Prix track in our nation’s capital to ring the @NYSE opening bell. 🇺🇸🏎️
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The United States needs CLARITY. Clear rules of the road will ensure that America remains the crypto capital of the world.
The @CFTC stands ready to implement crypto asset market structure with or without legislation.
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If America wants to win the AI race, we have to dominate the compute markets.
The @CFTC is working closely with @CommerceGov to ensure compute products in the U.S. are the best of the best.
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Congress gave the @CFTC the exclusive authority to regulate prediction markets. The CFTC will not only defend its jurisdiction against states seeking to nullify federal law and apply state anti-gaming laws to DCMs, we’ll exercise it by establishing clear rules of the road for these markets.
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Today’s action continues the @CFTC’s commitment to prescribing the minimum effective dose of regulation for market participants. By removing excessive requirements from our rulebook, the Commission is remaining true to its principles-based regulatory approach.
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.@CFTC Seeks Public Comments on Proposed Elimination of SEF Order Book Requirement for Permitted Transactions:
Just as American markets helped establish the gold standard for trading the commodities that powered the industrial economy, we will do the same for the commodity that will power the intelligence economy.
Through partnership with @CommerceGov, the @CFTC is ensuring access to large-scale compute for startups and academics by improving the financial market for this ever-critical digital commodity.
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If CLARITY continues to stall because of Democratic obstruction, the @CFTC will utilize its existing authorities to begin establishing a regime for crypto asset markets. We owe it to the American people to do so.
Here's how we'll get it done ⬇️
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We’ve crossed the Rubicon and are standing at a new frontier of finance.
It’s not a question of whether innovations like blockchain, artificial intelligence, and prediction markets will transform our markets. It’s a question of where this innovation will take place and who will write the rules.
America can either accelerate and continue the regulatory tradition that made our markets the greatest on Earth, or it can decelerate and let other countries take the lead.
More from me at the @CFTC’s Inaugural Innovation Advisory Committee meeting 👇
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WATCH: @ChairmanSelig will soon kick off the Inaugural Innovation Advisory Committee meeting.
Tune in here at 1:00 PM ET📺
.@ChairmanSelig:"The era of political lawfare, debanking, and regulation by enforcement is over... and the new frontier of finance is being built right here in the United States of America."
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The United States has a choice. We can either write the rules that define the next generation of financial markets, or we can let other countries write them for us.
Under @POTUS' leadership, we’ve made our choice: America will lead.
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